Infection following simultaneous bilateral total knee arthroplasty.

Between 2000 and 2009, demographics, clinical characteristics, and infection details were compared among patients undergoing simultaneous BTKA (SBTKA), staged or UTKA. 2825 (16%) patients underwent SB, 1151 (6%) staged, and 13,983 (78%) UTKA. The overall infection rate following SBTKA (0.

Risk factors for postoperative infection following posterior lumbar instrumented arthrodesis.

Background: Surgical site infection in the spine is a serious postoperative complication. Factors such as posterior surgical approach, arthrodesis, use of spinal instrumentation, age, obesity, diabetes, tobacco use, operating-room environment, and estimated blood loss are well established in the literature to affect the risk of infection. The goal of this study was to analyze and identify independent risk factors for surgical site infection among spine patients undergoing posterior lumbar instrumented arthrodesis.

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Effectiveness of best practice implementation in reducing hip arthroplasty length of stay.

A transfer of a best practice model was performed between a new institution in the United Kingdom and a leading orthopedic hospital in the United States. The quality concepts transferred to the UK were surgical and hospital throughput, hospital facility design, an Interdisciplinary Preoperative Patient Education Program, infection control standards, and a standardized rehabilitation model. The new hospital was officially opened in February 2004, and the average length of stay for total hip arthroplasty between February and December 2004 was 6.